When I went to work last night, everything was fine. When I got back home this morning, though, all my fish were dead. All of them. In EVERY single tank in the house.

My clocks aren't flashing or anything, so it wasn't a power outage. There's no sign of forced entry & sabotage, either.

The only possibility I can think of involved a funny smell that was in the neighborhood last night. I guess that stinky plume was more toxic than I would have expected.

*sigh*

The worst part is that this is the 2nd time this has happened. I'm thinking it's time to hermetically seal my house!

Well, I guess now I get to have the fun of starting all over again. No, really! I love planning out new setups.
Anyway, I just wanted to let those of you who are struggling know that every now and then, even us old salts run into major problems. Don't let the occasional setback get you down.

When I went to work last night, everything was fine. When I got back home this morning, though, all my fish were dead. All of them. In EVERY single tank in the house.

My clocks aren't flashing or anything, so it wasn't a power outage. There's no sign of forced entry & sabotage, either.

The only possibility I can think of involved a funny smell that was in the neighborhood last night. I guess that stinky plume was more toxic than I would have expected.

*sigh*

The worst part is that this is the 2nd time this has happened. I'm thinking it's time to hermetically seal my house!

Well, I guess now I get to have the fun of starting all over again. No, really! I love planning out new setups.
Anyway, I just wanted to let those of you who are struggling know that every now and then, even us old salts run into major problems. Don't let the occasional setback get you down.

Thats sad, sorry to hear this! Do you have inverts? Did they die, or only the fish? If not you may be able to hypothesize. Do you have neighbors who own fish, if so did their fish die? Was the smell present bon both occasionsm the fish died? Just questions to consider...

Call the ATF, have them check your neighbors for a sarin lab. Also, do you have a carbon monoxide detector?

I have lots of convicts, endler's, Limia Perugiae, and some sword fry. If you like, I can send you a few, or let me know when you are over here and we could meet up. The limia are a really pretty little molly-like fish. I don't have much breeding right now.

It has to be a gas that is in your house. If this is not the first time it has happened I would check the exhaust from your boiler or water heater. I know the feeling of losing all of your stock and I know your pain. Sorry to hear, on the note to finding what the problem is the only thing that separate tanks have inside of your house is the AIR.